The only issue is if you're not local to one of their co-located CO's, then you get Bell resale DSL. At least for Yak, dunno about eyesurf...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Eric Gerlach <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eric%2Bkwlug@gerlach.ca">eric+kwlug@gerlach.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">I just switched to EyeSurf.net. They offer landline (non-voip) and<br>
DSL for $50/month, and they're not affected by UBB. Yak.ca offers<br>
similar packages.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<font color="#888888"><br>
Eric<br>
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On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:34 PM, Chris Irwin <<a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
> I've been crunching the numbers with this UBB thing, and it looks like<br>
> my bill will be going from $40 to $56 to keep the status quo. Not a<br>
> nice change. I've been looking where I can cut back, and I can't see<br>
> myself using less bandwidth. Now that we've got netflix, I can easily<br>
> see us using more.<br>
><br>
> That leaves non-internet places to cut back, the big one being my<br>
> landline. I'd like to switch to Unlimitel, but am stuck in that "It's<br>
> new and scary" phase (and wishing I didn't daydream during all those<br>
> presentations Lori did). I've got a few questions:<br>
><br>
> - What kinds of costs do people usually see? I usually talk on the<br>
> phone for maybe an hour or two in a month, total. At $3.50 for the<br>
> number and 1˘/min, I get 650 minutes per month at $10, way more than I<br>
> expect to use. Assuming $10 will give me $20 savings over what I pay<br>
> with now with Bell. ($40 with Bell, but $10 for new dry-loop DSL<br>
> charges).<br>
><br>
> - Is Trixbox still the way to go?<br>
><br>
> - Where does one get the adapters to use a regular phone? I think<br>
> network-devices would be best, so I could set up my VOIP machine on a<br>
> VM.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Chris Irwin<br>
> <<a href="mailto:chris@chrisirwin.ca">chris@chrisirwin.ca</a>><br>
><br>
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